CANADA STOCKS-Futures rise tracking world stocks amid Fed limbo

Aug 23 (Reuters) - Stock futures pointed to a higher opening
for Canada's main stock index on Tuesday, tracking world
markets, as investors await further clues on whether the U.S.
Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen is expected to provide more clarity
on the timing of a rate hike during the annual meeting of global
central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The meet starts on
Thursday and Yellen is due to speak on Friday.

September futures on the S&P TSX index were up 0.14
percent at 7:15 a.m. ET.

Canada's main stock index rose on Monday as Alimentation
Couche-Tard Inc jumped after the convenience store
operator bought a U.S. chain in an expansion move and drugmaker
Valeant Pharmaceuticals rose after it hired a new chief
financial officer.